Judges 9:51-53

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⁵¹ But inside the city was a strong ·tower [or fortress], so all the men, women, and ·leaders [leading citizens; lords] of that city ran to the tower. When they got inside, they locked the door behind them. Then they climbed up to the roof of the tower [^Cto fight back and avoid the fate of the people of Shechem; v. 49]. ⁵² Abimelech came to the tower to attack it. He approached the door of the tower to set it on fire, ⁵³ but as he came near, a woman dropped a ·grinding stone [^Lupper millstone; ^Cthe smaller stone (about 10 inches long) that was rolled by hand over the top of the larger lower millstone; Deut. 24:6] on his head, crushing his skull.